Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD), the leader in application performance
infrastructure, today announced it has been awarded a 5-Star rating in
The Channel Company’s CRN
2015 Partner Program Guide for the 7th consecutive year. This
annual directory is the definitive listing of technology vendors that
service solution providers or provide products through the IT channel.
The 5-Star Partner Program rating recognizes an elite subset of
companies that offer solution providers the best partnering elements in
their channel programs.
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“Riverbed and our partners have a significant opportunity to provide our
customers with the end-to-end visibility, optimization, and control for
superior application performance and to manage the complexity of their
hybrid enterprise,” said Karl Meulema, Senior Vice President Global
Channels, Riverbed. “We are building an all-encompassing channel program
around five guiding principles: consistency, predictability, value
based, across products and services, and keeping it simple. It’s an
exciting time to be at Riverbed as we work with our partners to help
customers excel in the hybrid enterprise.”
The Riverbed Channel
The Riverbed ecosystem spans approximately 3,000 partners worldwide,
including technology partners, resellers, distributors, service
providers, and integrators. Riverbed works with a broad group of
partners to extend the value of its offerings for the hybrid enterprise
with a range of implementation, integration, and value-added services. A
hybrid IT environment is typical for enterprises today and includes a
combination of on-premises, SaaS, and cloud-based applications,
delivered over an evolving mix of private and public networks.
This year, Riverbed is hosting the IMPACT Global Partner Summit, May 19
through May 21 in San Diego, Calif. IMPACT will bring 300 of the
company’s most influential partners together with Riverbed leadership in
a first-ever event focused entirely on Riverbed partners. Riverbed is
focused on the critical role that partners play in its business, and
during IMPACT the company will outline paths to drive even more growth
together.
On November 4, Riverbed announced the Riverbed-Ready Technology Alliance
Program creating a vibrant ecosystem of technology partner solutions
around the Riverbed Application Performance Platform. By integrating
Riverbed products with their own solutions, partners leverage Riverbed’s
advanced technologies and market-leading products to enhance their
competitive advantage. Partners can assure customers that their
Riverbed-Ready solutions are tested, verified, and supported.
“Solution providers have a lot of choices when it comes to selecting
vendor partners. Identifying the right vendor, with the right
technologies, and the right approach can make all the difference,” said
Robert Faletra, CEO, The Channel Company. “Our annual Partner Program
Guide and 5-Star rating recognizes the best channel programs available
in the market today to help solution providers determine which vendors
deliver the best partner elements for their individual business goals.”
To determine the 2015 5-Star recipients, The Channel Company’s Research
team assessed each vendor’s application based on investments in program
offerings, partner profitability, partner training, education and
support, marketing programs and resources, sales support and
communication.
The 2015 Partner Program Guide will be featured in the April issue of
CRN, and online at www.CRN.com.
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About Riverbed
Riverbed, at more than $1 billion in annual revenue, is the leader in
Application Performance Infrastructure, delivering the most complete
platform for the hybrid enterprise to ensure applications perform as
expected, data is always available when needed, and performance issues
can be proactively detected and resolved before impacting business
performance. Riverbed enables hybrid enterprises to transform
application performance into a competitive advantage by maximizing
employee productivity and leveraging IT to create new forms of
operational agility. Riverbed’s 26,000+ customers include 97% of the
Fortune 100 and 98% of the Forbes Global 100. Learn more at www.riverbed.com.
Riverbed and any Riverbed product or service name or logo used herein
are trademarks of Riverbed Technology, Inc. All other trademarks used
herein belong to their respective owners.
About The Channel Company
The Channel Company, with established brands including CRN, XChange
Events, IPED and SharedVue, is the channel community's trusted authority
for growth and innovation. For more than three decades, we have
leveraged our proven and leading-edge platforms to deliver prescriptive
sales and marketing solutions for the technology channel. The Channel
Company provides Communication, Recruitment, Engagement, Enablement,
Demand Generation and Intelligence services to drive technology
partnerships. Learn more at www.thechannelcompany.com.
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